Last year we worked on the Manuscript challenge and some amazing outfits were created! This year it seems there are a lot of people working on clothing based on the excavations from medieval Herjolfsnes.

Herjolfsnes-challenge

To participate:

1. Choose am item of clothing from the Herjolfsnes-excavations you will recreate. It can be a dress, cap, hose – take your pick! It can be one of the better preserved items or you can decide to work from a fragment.

2. Join this group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1555836511329624/

Publish your plans and tell us which item you plan on making.

3. Create your item based on the original. You can naturally alter the measurements to make the garment fit. But otherwise I do encourage you to be faithful to the originals! If you choose to alter a detail like the length of a sleeve or a fastening, the solution you choose should be found on an item from Herjolfsnes.

4. The item should be made of wool. Otherwise, everyone gets to choose their level of detail in recreating the item – It’s entirely up to you whether you want to use plant-dyed, hand-woven fabric, match dye and the weave of the originals or not. You set your own goals here – we do not judge or look down on anyone due to their choice of project execution mode.

5. Let us in on your progress! The alternatives are endless: upload pictures of how you proceed, share why you chose to do something or post notes on your thought process. Blog about it! Use Pinterest, post stuff on Instagram! Our hashtag is: #herjolfsneschallenge

6. Ask for help, tips, support and advice in the Facebook group if you feel the need to do so. We’re all here for you, to support you if necessary, and to cheer you on if you get stuck.

7. You have one year to finish. Your efforts will most likely be rewarded with new skills, knowledge and a spiffy textile item!